However, while I can’t speak for everyone, I suspect I am not alone in being upset by the following:

(1) The passages about markets and the economy are an embarrassment and will do serious damage coming from a man in his position. Rush Limbaugh may have gone over the top, but Rush’s were passing remarks that will be forgotten by next week. The statements by Francis will be waved in our faces by left-wing Jesuits from now until the end of the world. I can’t bring myself to be especially upset by Rush when I consider matters sub specie aeternitatis.

(1a) Yes, it is quite all right for a Catholic to say these things. See my lengthier treatment of these issues.